| I will open up this review by stating simply that I love | | | | I shouldn't have worried. When lit the stick still |
| sandalwood. It is one of those fragrances that is just | | | | displays all of the character and aroma of the unlit |
| the right combination of spicy and woody with a | | | | stick, but with slightly more intensity. Morning Star |
| touch of earthiness that makes me adore it in | | | | incense is of a lower smoke producing variety and |
| (almost) all of its variants. For example it is well | | | | the scents are always delicate and never choking. |
| known by now that I am a big fan of Genieco's | | | | Unlike some Indian or Tibetan incense sticks. As I said |
| Gonesh Extra Rich Sandalwood. I like that version | | | | earlier I am a big fan of Gonesh Extra Rich |
| because it is thick and earthy and not necessarily | | | | Sandalwood, but even I have to admit that the |
| because it is an exact version of sandalwood. I like | | | | smoke output is pretty high. Not so with Morning |
| the slightly different character. | | | | Star. I thoroughly believe that Morning Star is an |
| Which brings me to Morning Star by Nippon-Kodo and | | | | incense that can be enjoyed by people who have an |
| their sandalwood. Right out of the box the scent is | | | | aversion (for whatever reason) to incense. |
| just about perfect. Spicy, wooody and with the | | | | So, this is a winner in my book and one that I will |
| faintest hint of earthiness to make the scent full | | | | definitely use again and again. The inclusion of a small, |
| bodied and warm. I was enjoying the scent of the | | | | square ceramic burner in each box is a nice touch, |
| stick so much that I hesitated to put it in the included | | | | although I found the hole to be a bit too large and |
| ceramic burner and light it. I was afraid that the | | | | allowed the stick to lean. So I would suggest putting |
| wonderful scent would change too much in character | | | | the stick upright in a small bowl of sand instead. |
| and diminish my enjoyment. | | | | |